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<br />Emergency Services
<br />3. The Emergency Services Department has received additional grant funds totaling
<br />$35,000 from the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety related to the 2017
<br />Emergency Management Performance Grant awards. The department plans to use
<br />these funds to complete the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), provide additional
<br />EOC trainings and exercises, up- fitting an Emergency Services response vehicle, and
<br />continuing community outreachieducation initiatives, such as OC Alerts, Five Steps to
<br />Neighborhood Preparedness, and the CERT program. This budget amendment provides
<br />for the receipt of these grant funds, and amends the following grant project ordinance:
<br />(See Attachment 1, column 4)
<br />Emergency Management Performance Grant ($35,000) - Project # 71049
<br />Revenues for this project:
<br />Appropriated for this project:
<br />Current FY
<br />2017 -18
<br />FY 2017 -18
<br />Amendment
<br />FY 2017 -18
<br />Revised
<br />EM Performance Grant funds
<br />$288,914
<br />$35,000
<br />$323,914
<br />Total Project Funding
<br />$288,914
<br />$35,000
<br />$323,914
<br />Appropriated for this project:
<br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is
<br />applicable to this item:
<br />• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY
<br />The reduction of risks from vehicle /traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries,
<br />gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence.
<br />Library Services
<br />4. The Orange County Library has received notification from the Orange County Partnership
<br />for Young Children requesting that an additional reading project, called "MotheRead ", be
<br />implemented with the use of Smart Start funds. For FY 2017 -18, anticipated Smart Start
<br />funds of $61,078 for a reading project, entitled "Time to Read" were approved. This
<br />"Time to Read" project provides children, ages 3 -5, enrolled in participating North Orange
<br />County child care classrooms, a rich environment by helping teachers, parents, and
<br />caregivers build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Building
<br />upon the Early Education foundation, the literacy educator will now also provide
<br />"MotheRead" trainings for the parents of children attending the participating child care
<br />facilities. Total Smart Start funding has been reduced to a total of $57,668 for FY 2017-
<br />18. This budget amendment amends the following current "Time to Read" grant project
<br />ordinance, and provides for the receipt of the Smart Start funds to create the following
<br />new "MotheRead" grant project ordinance:
<br />Current FY
<br />2017 -18
<br />FY 2017 -18
<br />Amendment
<br />FY 2017 -18
<br />Revised
<br />EM Performance Grant
<br />$288,914
<br />$35,000
<br />$323,914
<br />Total Costs
<br />$288,914
<br />$35,000
<br />$323,914
<br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is
<br />applicable to this item:
<br />• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY
<br />The reduction of risks from vehicle /traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries,
<br />gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence.
<br />Library Services
<br />4. The Orange County Library has received notification from the Orange County Partnership
<br />for Young Children requesting that an additional reading project, called "MotheRead ", be
<br />implemented with the use of Smart Start funds. For FY 2017 -18, anticipated Smart Start
<br />funds of $61,078 for a reading project, entitled "Time to Read" were approved. This
<br />"Time to Read" project provides children, ages 3 -5, enrolled in participating North Orange
<br />County child care classrooms, a rich environment by helping teachers, parents, and
<br />caregivers build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Building
<br />upon the Early Education foundation, the literacy educator will now also provide
<br />"MotheRead" trainings for the parents of children attending the participating child care
<br />facilities. Total Smart Start funding has been reduced to a total of $57,668 for FY 2017-
<br />18. This budget amendment amends the following current "Time to Read" grant project
<br />ordinance, and provides for the receipt of the Smart Start funds to create the following
<br />new "MotheRead" grant project ordinance:
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